Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant

Location: Lambeth

Salary: cca £19,419

Closing Date: noon 3 November 2021

The role

The role of Learning Support Assistant is a valued one here at Lambeth Academy. Ensuring that the academic and pastoral needs of students with special educational needs are met is a key priority for us and we welcome applicants who would like to contribute to this vision. The main duties are to work closely with classroom teachers to support students in class to enable them to make the progress they are capable of. The role also entails being a keyworker for students with an EHCP, overseeing their progress and maintaining IEPs (individual education plans). The LSA could also support pupils in 1-to-1 sessions, in small class or in small withdrawal groups. You will be directly accountable to and fully supported by the SENCo.

Amongst other things, our LSAs provide in class support – they will co-plan directly with class teachers, create high quality resources, provide one to one interventions, run small group sessions and take responsibility for delivering programmes of support in both literacy and numeracy.

Our LSAs take part in whole school staff training and get regular input from the Speech and Language Therapist, the Borough EAL Coordinator and Educational Psychologist in how to best support the needs of our students.

About You

You will be enthusiastic about working with young people within a school environment to help them to fulfil their academic ambitions. You will be determined, dynamic and inspiring and will demonstrate high professional standards and high expectations of all students at Lambeth Academy.

You will need to have a good general education to CSE/O/GCSE level or equivalent, including English and Maths.

You will need to be able to work independently as well as part of a team. You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills and demonstrate a strong commitment to supporting students with SEN.

This is the ideal opportunity for aspiring teachers to experience life in a secondary school. Alternatively, you may be looking to build on current experience of supporting students and looking to develop your skill set as an LSA. 

If this is you then please get in touch.

United Learning

Lambeth Academy is part of United Learning, a large and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact:

Cristina Popa - HR Officer: 0207 819 4717 or Cristina.popa@lambeth-academy.org

To Apply

Please apply online by clicking on the following link: https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/2405724?cid=1567

Where support is better shared

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